This guide of Nesta Foundation (2017) explores the ways that companies, governments and researchers around the world are collaborating to improve the innovation process in health, from the way that problems are identified to how new products and services are created and then adopted by providers of healthcare. The guide describes three steps of innovation: problem identification; invention; adoption and diffusion; cross-cycle initiatives. Aims of this innovation guide are: making health innovation more efficient; informing health innovation with a better understanding of the health system and patient/citizen needs; making health innovation more democratic. In all the innovation phases it is foreseen the involvement of citizens and professionals.
Part of interest: The entire document and in particular from Pg. 10 to 65.
Target groups: Policymaker, RPOs, Innovation business, CSOs, Providers, Professionals